The Porcelain Beauty's Everyday Life with the Army [The 1960s]

Jealous possessive man x porcelain beauty. Next book: The Pretty Little Auntie in the Family Compound [The 1980s]

After visiting a porcelain exhibition, college student Li Yue unexpectedly transmigrates into a novel set in an earlier era. She becomes a capitalist's daughter, left behind in China by her parents while her great-aunt is eager to marry her off.

Her childhood friend stole her first love and even put on a show of sympathy at the wedding, telling Li Yue, "Yueyue, you'll find happiness."

Li Yue smiled slightly, and the tall, handsome Ling Jianwei immediately came over.

She introduced him: "This is my boyfriend."

Everyone was stunned. What a catch!

Having saved face, Li Yue leaves with her nose in the air and thanks Battalion Commander Ling, whom she met by chance.

In the middle of their flirtation, the man asks in a low voice, "Have you ever thought about making this fake relationship real?"

Li Yue shakes her head. "We're not right for each other."

But not long after, Li Yue hears that there's a Ru porcelain factory near Battalion Commander Ling's base. The young woman, intent on restoring the art of Ru porcelain firing, goes with him to his posting.

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On his way back to the capital to visit family, Battalion Commander Ling finds a girl who has fainted. She's beautiful, with skin as smooth and delicate as white porcelain.

She's not just beautiful, but has a mind of her own. Yeah, she turns him down.

The young master of the military compound, who has never suffered a setback in his life, is utterly devastated. Back at the barracks, he gazes at the moon in sorrow.

Then she sends him a telegram: Ling Jianwei, do you want a wife?

The man grits his teeth. Even if the woman he fell for at first sight has another man in her heart, he has to keep her by his side first and worry about the rest later.

Then he discovers that she only came back for the porcelain...

The next morning, the porcelain beauty is covered in red marks, the handiwork of a man gone mad with desire.

Content notes:

1. Domestic life, marriage before love, and a little career development.

2. Spans the 1960s to the 1980s.

The Pretty Little Auntie in the Family Compound [The 1980s]:

Sweet and adorable x cool and gentle, with a childhood cohabitation trope

In 1985, a pretty little girl arrives at the family compound of a third-tier factory in central China. Ten years old, fair and bright-eyed, she is placed in the care of the He family.

On the way home from school, a mischievous boy snatches her schoolbag. He Jingsheng, a high school student riding by on his bicycle, shoots him a cold look. "Get lost."

Ye Chuqing looks at He Jingsheng, who's very handsome and rather cool, and says, "Thank you, little uncle."

The classmate sitting on the back of the bicycle bursts out laughing. "That's a bold move, Brother Sheng. By seniority, even your mom has to call her little aunt. Everyone in the compound calls her little aunt."

Ye Chuqing says softly, "He told me to call him little uncle."

He Jingsheng lifts Ye Chuqing onto the crossbar of his bicycle. "Little aunt, let's go home."

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To help develop the country, workers from all over China gathered at the third-tier factory. The He family came from the capital, and everyone in the family dotes on Ye Chuqing.

Lots of girls in the compound secretly like He Jingsheng. They give Ye Chuqing packets of sour plum powder and ask her to deliver their love letters to him.

Whenever He Jingsheng gets a love letter, he's at a loss. In the end, he just smiles and asks, "Are the snacks they give you good?"

Ye Chuqing: "They're good."

"That's good."

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When the factory is restructured and relocated, the He family returns to the capital.

The little girl grows into a beautiful woman, regains her memories of having transmigrated into a book, and is taken away by her birth mother.

Before long, He Jingsheng finds her, helps her with her college applications, and chases away all her suitors.

Not long after that, He Jingsheng holds her and nuzzles her hair, saying that he still likes calling her little aunt.

But only in intimate moments.

Notes:

1. Spans the 1980s and 1990s. The heroine transmigrated into a book, but has temporarily lost her memories.

2. The leads are not related by blood and are not registered in the same household.

3. Domestic life and romance, with a weaker career storyline.

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Theme: Couples in an earlier era working together and pressing forward through hardship.